Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-04-17
TRADE NOTES

In Richmond, Va, the bricklayers are on
strike for niue hours.
The condition of the window glass trade
continues good, the demand being very fair
and prices firm.
The white granite pOtteries of East Liv-
erpool, Ohio, are running to their fullest
capacity.
The brieklayers' unions of Brooklyn
have arranged with their bosses on u scale
Of prices for the ensuing year. 10 is the
same as the OldOne-I5 cents an hour.
The Baltimore shoemekers are happy
over the Information that shOemaking is to
be discontinued in the Maryland peniten-
tiary.
A national convention of horse-c car men
has been called to meet in Buffalo in
August. This action is the result of the
recent Philadelphia conference.
The Knights of Labor in Norwich, Ct,
have formed a joint stock COMPANY and
purchased the knitting factory in that vii
lage with a capital Of -, 900 in 600 shares
of s. each.
The furniture makers of st. Louis, who
have been dissatisfied for the past year with
the wages the manufacturers are paying,
have decided to strike.
The brickmakers of Philadelphia, Brides
burg aud Frankfort, Pa, have settled their
annual scale. They receive an advance of
% cents per day in wages; unskilled labor
10 cents advance.
The fight between the union stovemold-
ers and the manufacturers of st. Louis,
MO., is still ia progress, and has resulted
in the shutting down of the Excelsior
Stove foundry, the largest in the West.
Four foundIies are now closed.
The horse-collar makers will hold their
first national convention at st. LOnis this
month. Collar makers in every section of
the country are asked to send delegates.
Address Charles Gabriel, President C.. NJ.
o., Quincy, III.
The stove mOlders of Chicago, Quincy
and Milwaukee have all struck in conse-
quence of the decision of the Founders As
ISOLATION 10 manufacture goods for the
Bridge and Beach Company, of st. Louis,
and a long lockout is threatened.
A union molder from England visited
Switzerland last year and urged the
mOlders of that country to organize.
Their union now has twelve branches, in
Guiding about two-thirds OF all the mold
ers in the country. Steps are now being
taken for the utilization OF all the iron
holders unions Of Europe and America,
interchange OF cards and cooperation.
The general strike of the plumbers of
New York for an enforcement of an ap-
premiership system in the trade has at last
been declared of. The struggle was be-
gun September 1st, 1856, and has proved
one OF the hardest fought and most expen-
sive in the history of the labor movements
ofthat city. The organization of the Jour
neymen ut the opening of the fight was re-
garded as n of the best, ifnot the best,
Of local unions in this country. Aguerrilla
warfare viii be kept up against those
employers who are still determined to re-
siSt the demands. During the strike the
jOurneymen paid out over $780, 600 in
striks-beneits.
The strike of iron mOlders in Chicago,
Ill, and throughout the State was the sub
ject Of much discussion in over a dozen
labor meetings held last Saturday. The
tenor OF the speeches made was TO hold out
to the end, and from appearances the
strikers will achieve q victory. Just how
they can fail is not evident. The Molders'
Union is strongly bound together, and it is
believed that Cribben & Sexton will give
in 10 the demands of their employees ere
many days elapse. The action Of Messrs.
Cribben & Sexton in informing their me6
Of the reception of steve patterns from
foundries where the strike Is in progress Is
looked upon BY the men as an honorable